Dodgers News: Don Mattingly Weighs In On Crowded Outfield Situation

Day 2 of the Winter Meetings got underway this morning and while there haven’t been a lot of Dodger news today, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly finally met with the media.

Where things stood with his contract continues to be a hot topic as he’s only signed through 2014 and at the end of the season, Mattingly said that he wouldn’t return unless he received a multi-year deal. A few days later, he backtracked off those comments and said he would honor the last year of his contract in hopes of landing an extension.

Kemp’s agent, Dave Stewart, flew down to Orlando and has been running his mouth that he’s never heard this much talk about a player without a trade going down. At this juncture, teams don’t sound totally sold on Kemp’s medical reports as he’s still in a walking boot after off-season surgery and also had shoulder surgery.

Mattingly went so far as to say that he believes he can find a way to find playing time for all four outfielders, but it remains to be seen which one would be the odd man out. Still, a trade feels like it could and should happen if not at the Winter Meetings sometime during the off-season as the Dodgers don’t need the headache of outfield questions all season long.